wifi password: WESTSEVENTH 931-388-6514office@w7church.orgw7church.orgWest 7th Church of ChristWest Seventh Street Church of Christ

405 West 7th Street Columbia, TN 38401

May 3, 2020Welcome, Guests! We are honored that you joined us and hope that you will be blessed by your time with us. Register - Guests, as well as members, are asked to register their attendance as the pads are passed down each row. Attended Nursery is provided for children younger than two years of age. It is in the hallway as you exit the door to the left of the pulpit.Quiet Bags for children are available at the coat rack and a Cry Room is located in the Foyer.

Gluten Free Communion is available in the foyer.Hearing Assistance is available; see an usher for assis-tance.Information Center has details about ministries, classes, and more. It is in the hallway as you exit the door to the left of the pulpit.

Sunday Mornings Worship 9:00 Coffee Fellowship 10:10 Bible Classes 10:30

EldersBill AlsupTom AndersonJohn CornKerry Couch Wade DenneyJerry DugginMike KeslerJohn LawJohn M. Smith

Staff Barrett BinghamBarry EnglandRandy OwensAlex Quintero Haley Schmidt

Office - 388-6514StudentMarriage/FamilyPreachingSpanish SpeakingChildren

505-2282 615-351-6239540-230-8713

840-0445 619-0544

731-613-1876388-6125698-2236388-5841

Spanish SpeakingSunday Morning Worship 9:00 Morning Bible Classes 10:30Wednesday Eve. Bible Classes 6:30

Wednesday Evenings Bible Classes 6:30

Sunday Evenings First & Third- SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDIES Group meets in Chapel @6 Second- CONNECT Meets in Teen Center @6 Fourth- HOME DEVOTIONALS Group meets in Chapel @6

Striving to be completely committed followers of Jesus

SENIOR SUNDAY We are making plans to celebrate our high school graduates on a Sunday soon after our first Sunday back and The specific date is still TBD.Once the church office reopens, there will be a laundry hamper for each senior in the office hallway between the Teen Center and Barrett’s office. Please help us fill these with gifts for our graduates! Senior parents: You can start sending Barrett 12-15 photos of your senior through the years. On Senior Sunday we will play a brief video honoring them, pray over them, and give them their laundry basket.

CONGRATULATIONSTo Chuck and Linda Simpson on the birth of a grandson, Kaceton Peyton Brown.

Online Bible ClassesChildren’s Ministry: Sunday mornings at 10:30 on the Facebook Faith Farm Kids page. Wednesday evenings at 6:30 on the Faith Farm Kids page.

Tweens: Sunday mornings at 10:15 on the Facebook Faith Farm Kids page.

Teens: Sunday mornings at 10:45 on Zoom. Contact Barrett for more information.Wednesday evenings a devotional is posted to Facebook, Instagram, and sent via Remind. Search West 7th Student Ministry on Facebook or Instagram.

Young Marrieds: Sunday mornings immediately following worship.

College age/Young Professionals: Sunday mornings at 11:00 on Zoom.

Adults: Jesus the Rabbi: A Study of Isaiah 6. Taught by Perry Henegar (4/29-5/27). Wednesday evenings at 7:00 on Zoom. Email John Corn for log in information (john.william.corn@gmail.com)

Ladies’ Philippians Study: Wednesday evenings at 6:30 on Zoom. Email Emily Lansdell for log in information (emilylansdell@gmail.com). Spanish Speaking: Sunday mornings at 10:30 on Zoom.Wednesday evenings at 7:00 on Zoom.Friday morning ladies’ class at 8:30 on Zoom.

She was born April 29 and weighed 8 lb. Katie Beth is the proud big sister.

CONGRATULATIONSTo Hunter and Shelby Johnson on the birth of their daughter, Ellen Marie.

GOD SPEEDAlex, Sydney and Reid Robertson have moved to Mt. Juliet.

Their new address is:335 Tillman Dr.

Mt. Juliet, TN 37122

NEW ONLINE BIBLE CLASSPerry Henegar is teaching an online Bible class called “Jesus the Rabbi” Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. It is a study of Isaiah 6. The class began Wednesday, April 29, and will run for five weeks. The class is held using Zoom. Please email John Corn at john.william.com@gmail.com if you are interested in participating. If you are new to Zoom, we’ll work with you to access the class.

THANK YOUWe hope everyone is feeling the comfort of our Father during these uncertain times. Because of you, we have and we thank you for praying for Timothy and for making us feel like family. We appreciate the mask, cards, flowers, jelly, calls and emails. Your love is appreciated.

Timothy and Delonia Lawrence

CONGRATULATIONSKane Maynard and Courtney Shires were married on April 25. Their address is:

222 Stockton Dr.Murfreesboro, TN 37128

2020 COLLEGE GRADUATES Please give the office your name, school, and degree to be included in an upcoming bulletin. 931-388-6514 or office@w7church.org

He was born April 22 and weighed 6 lb. 14 oz. Kacy and Bethany Brown are the proud parents.

Discipling l Equipping l Serving l Loving

Barrett Bingham 615-785-2250Jon Bennett 931-797-2581 Jamie Hubbell 931-698-9999Jacob Love 931-797-1399

Sunday a.m. Worship N/A 9:00 N/A Spanish Speaking N/A

Sunday Bible Classes N/A

Sun. Evening N/A The Bridge Wednesday N/A

Contribution $14,905

Church Record

Haley Schmidt 901-573-8055haley@w7church.org

Family & Friends: Kerry Couch’s parents - Leon & Verna Lee CouchJeanine Denney’s mother - Jean JollyWade Denney’s mother - Pat DenneyDonald Dugger’s mother - Donna DuggerJane Hawkins’ daughter-in-law Michele HawkinsGeorgia Henry’s sister-in-law- Patricia AryOlivia Howell’s husband - Kirby HowellMargie Huckaby’s friend’s nephew - Cody MurdockLinda James’ mother - Mary Jo NewcombLinda James’ sister - Kathy HarrisTed Johnson’s father - Terry JohnsonDarrel Marlin’s mother- Mary DeanDarrel Marlin’s sister- Joyce Wood Celia Owens’ mother - Judy BrayBettie Pogue’s daughter & son-in-law - Melanie & Michael SemoreBeth Robinson’s mother - Gaynor PerdueTroy Rubert’s father - L.V. RubertChris Shrader’s mother - Mary ShraderChuck Simpson’s mother - Peggy SimpsonAndrea Steven’s brother - Derek OrbanShirley Stone’s friend - Georgia BruinsRachel Thomas’ father - Bill ParkerTod Trulove’s mother - Joan TruloveDee Westmoreland’s mother - Bonnie JeffcoatJoe Westmoreland’s uncle - Don WestmorelandOlivia Whiteside’s aunt - Martha WhitesideDeborah Young’s father - John Spence

Faye BellDiane CampbellTennie ChaffinRamona CherryElizabeth CraftEmma DavisHenry DuggerRuby Dunn

Madolyn HarperDavid HeffingtonNancy HeffingtonGeorgia HenryMary HuntBill JerniganGeorge KnoxDolores Love

Marie OswaltMarguerite PorterDoris RomineSammy SaltersMelinda WattsMolly WattsJuanita Westmoreland

Pearson McClendon & Hannah McMurtryCarter Hilliard & Kelsey DavidsonDavid Taylor & Haley Carr

Recovering | extended illnesses | homebound:

Pray without ceasingAt HomeKathy Morrow (treatment for ocular melanoma)

Marvin, Cecilia, and Josh Lawton. Marvin passed away from COVID-19 on April 12. Cecilia and Josh are both sick with COVID-19. This family goes to church in Florida with Collette Estep’s best friend.

Preparing to Marry:

Eight week series on the Facebook Faith Farm Kids page.

Ways to GiveIf you are able to give, you may do this several ways:

*Online through the church website (w7church.org, give button).

*Donate through the Bill Pay option with your bank.

*Mail your contributions to the church building - 405 West 7th Street Columbia TN 38401

Sunday morning class: Our Sunday morning Bible class will be on Zoom at 10:45. Contact Barrett (barrett@w7church.org) for more information.

(Messages are available at w7church.org, itunes, YouTube, Facebook or order a free CD at the Information Center.)

Order of WorshipWelcome....................................Randy Owens

Prayer & Scripture.....................David Esslinger

2 Samuel 7:22

The Love of God - 647

Before the Throne of God Above

Communion.....................................Sonny Lee

The Great Physician - 634

Lord, I Need You

Message....................................Barry England

Shepherd’s Blessing....................Wade Denney

“You are the salt of the earth...You are the light of the world.”

Matthew 5:13-16

As w

e move to w

eekly home devotionals, w

e do not want to

overwhelm

parents with children w

ho are transitioning to online schooling. W

e have the following online Bible classes available:

Children’s M

inistry:

Sunday mornings at 10:30

W

ednesday evenings at 6:30

Tweens:

Sunday m

ornings at 10:15

All of these classes are available on the Facebook page called W

est 7th Faith Farm

Kids.

Read M

atthew 5:1-16

What is m

y life’s purpose? That is a popular and tricky question! How

w

ould you answer that question today? W

hat about 2 years ago? W

hat about 5 years from now

? Does your answ

er change?

Jesus tells his followers that they have a purpose in M

atthew 5:13-14.

He calls them

salt and light. We have these spirit goals in the previous

Beatitudes, but Jesus m

akes it very clear while striving for those w

e are to be salt and light.

In your own w

ords, what does Jesus m

ean we are salt of the earth?

What does H

e mean by light?

Salt was used differently during that tim

e. It was used far less for flavor

enhancing, and it was prim

arily used for preservation of meat and other

foods. Does this change how

you view Jesus’ charge to be salty people?

How

are we preserving a C

hrist culture today? One of m

y favorite aspects about this salt analogy is this idea that w

e need salt to live. If you are w

alking around with know

ledge of an essential ingredient to life, I hope you feel the responsibility to share that w

ith as many people as

possible.

Every night before Bear goes to bed, I like to say, “let’s shed som

e light on this situation” and turn on the stairw

ay lights. Light shows the w

ay, it m

akes things less scary, it highlights the details.

What is m

y purpose? Why am

I here? What career should I start? W

hat hobbies should I pursue? These are all fine questions, but Jesus tells us our purpose is the G

ospel. As the salt and light of the w

orld we have

a responsibility to preserve Christ in culture and to bring hope into the

world.

Close in prayer – thank G

od for Jesus’ purposeful teachings, praise God

for giving you purpose, and ask him to give you the boldness needed to

be salt and light.

Now, that w

e’ve studied the Beatitudes, our home devotionals w

ill continue w

ith the remainder of the Serm

on on the Mount. In the previous chapter,

Matthew

shared that after John the Baptist was arrested, Jesus left N

azareth and w

ent to Capernaum

. Matthew

4:17 reads, “From that tim

e Jesus began to preach, saying, ‘Repent, for the kingdom

of heaven is at hand.’” G

reat crowds began to follow

Him

. Chapter 5 opens w

ith these words,

“Seeing the crowds, he w

ent up on the mountain, and w

hen he sat down,

his disciples came to him

. And he opened his m

outh and taught them,

saying...” (Matthew

5:1-2). In Matthew

5, 6 and 7, Jesus taught about the kingdom

, explaining what it m

eans to live under the reign of God. A

s com

pletely comm

itted followers of Jesus, w

e are to “seek first the kingdom

and his righteousness” (Matthew

6:33).

Begin by reading Matthew

5:13-16.

You are probably familiar w

ith this passage. The im

mediate context of

being salt and light is “Blessed are those who are persecuted...Rejoice

and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.” John Piper w

rote, “W

hen someone lives like this, it is so utterly unnatural and am

azing and w

onderful.” Paul shared a similar challenge in C

olossians 4:6, “Let your speech alw

ays be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you m

ay know how

you ought to answ

er each person.”

• W

hat does it mean to be the salt of the earth and the light of the w

orld?

• W

hat should be the motive and w

hy is this important?

• H

ow do you excel at being salt? At being a light?

• W

hen do you struggle and how can you im

prove?

• W

hat is the correlation with being deeply satisfied w

ith Jesus as our rew

ard and the ability to have gracious, seasoned words, or to be a

light in a dark situation?

May the joy of your salvation be evident to all. Pray for G

od to help you to be the salt and light to everyone in your w

orld.